15 Ways to improve Creative writing skills for kids

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Writing is a significant part of our day to day lives. However it is not a difficult expertise to acquire and dominate. By getting a head start for certain simple exercises, you can help your kid start to build up her creative writing skills at an early age. By doing so, you will be adding to her future accomplishment as an understudy and as a grown-up while showing her how to communicate. 

Acquiring creative writing skills is not only a part of education, it also helps the kids broaden and strengthen their creative minds using their imaginations. It also helps in problem-solving and analytic skills.    

But remember that writing can be as difficult as a subject to teach and survey all things considered to learn. Many children experience difficulty in writing with clearness, cognizance, and association, and this can discourage from writing.

To help your kids to improve their creative writing skills, here are few tips to follow.

15 WRITING TIPS FOR KIDS TO IMPROVE CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS

1. Reading :

Reading is the key: Buy them books. Take them to local library. Let them choose their books.  Reading strengthens the creative writing skills. Youngsters who eat up books grow into a creative writer.  Make sure you sit and read with them often and help them grow love for reading books.

You can start with mystery, adventures books to keep them interested and have fun reading it. And books like Harry potter series urges them finish off soon and grab the second.

2. Develop oral language :

 Oral fluency definitely builds up the confidence. After coming home from school, ask them to describe their day. Make sure they are fluent and are able to be descriptive. Try to teach them new words daily. At least teach them one new word each day so that at your kid learns 365 new words at the end of the year. And do not forget to practice the words in day to day conversations.

3. Writing space:

Set up a writing space for them. Load the area with only books, notes and stationery. Make them comfortable in their writing space. It helps in practicing creative writing skills with no distractions.

4. Provide stationery:

Cute pen, notes, highlighters and other stationery items attract them to write. So invest in colorful stationery to trick them. Present them stationeries, books and notes for birthdays, Christmas, etc.

5. Join contests:

Make them participate in school competitions like spell bee, grammarly contests, etc. It helps them in their creative writing skills. And it also helps them to compete with other kids which eventually boosts their will power to learn and practice more.

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6. Journalism:

Encourage your child to maintain a journal. Make them record all the trips and outings. It could include description of the nature, road trip, road trip, etc. And also could include experiences like first time in flight, vacation experiences, etc.

7. Work book:

Get them workbooks. Utilization of exercise manuals at home gives them a great deal on training on the language skills subsequently clearing a path to experimental creative writing skills.

8. Message boards :

Use sticky notes to often write and stick messages on the fridge, room door, etc.

9. Keep it interesting:

Use different materials like different colour pens to write, colour paints , use chalks to write on mini boards

10. Make it fun:

Making the process fun is more important. Make them enjoy what they do. Utilize the play time. So buy them word building blocks, word puzzles like scrabble, etc. Even call them for playing Hangman and other word building games.

And when they are around the other kids, that’s the time they are more active and involved. Give each kid a topic and ask them to write a few lines about it. Give them treats.

11. Be a role model:

Kids tend to imitate ourselves more and get inspired by us. So be a role model to them. Share your poems , showcase your creative writing skills, etc.

12. Letter writing:

Develop a habit of writing letters. Though writing letters are so old-dated, writing letters help their creative writing skills. Let them convey messages through letters to relatives or their friends. Long distant relatives and  friends love receiving the hand written letters.  By doing so, it helps the child to hunt more words to express the love and feelings which boosts their creative writing skills.

13. Make use of internet:

Use the internet to create a blog for your kids. Make them showcase their creative writing skills in the internet. You could even ask your friends and relatives to check them and appreciate your kid. This will not only boost their confidence but also encourages your kid to keep up with the writing habit.

14. Praise their work:

Though praising our children’s work is necessary, remember not to praise our children purposely to boost their confidence. Praise their real talented work. Appreciate the good grammar, error free creative writings skills, etc. Be descriptive. Make them understand where they out performed and where they didn’t.

15. Proof read:

Once they finish writing, validate them. Point out the grammatical errors, spelling mistakes and punctuation errors. Tell them how else the sentence can be re-written etc. This also inspires them to proof read themselves before showing it to you to correct their own mistakes.

BONUS TIPS:

• You can also make your children join writing clubs to make them more passionate about writing. And the clubs not only helps your kid’s creative writing skills but also helps to interact and share knowledge with other children.
• Ask your kid about what they want to become in future and ask them to write about it and the rules and duties of the same.  Frame it up and hang it on their writing space.
• Teach them more phrases and idioms and make sure they use it in day to day communications.
• Make them maintain a diary and note down daily happenings of life. It helps them express their thoughts and emotions freely.
• Connect their interests. For example, if your kid loves dragons. Make them write imaginary stories on them. Hypothetical descriptive writing surely helps your kid’s creative writing skills.

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